BAT.Bomb

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: June 11, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:05:41 PM
Also Known As:: Trojan.BAT.Bomb.a [Kaspersky], Bat/lp [McAfee], BAT_BABYLON [Trend], Troj/Babylon [Sophos]
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

BAT.Bomb is a batch script that grows in size, taking up any free space on the hard drive partition on which it resides. This will cause a dramatic slowdown in performance and operating system instability.

The virus has no means of spreading itself and no other malicious payload.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version June 12, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version June 12, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date June 12, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: John Canavan

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